What was the deadliest battle for the British in their military history?

lout62001

The Battle of the Somme during WW1 was the deadliest as the British lost about 400K lives. This is approximately equal to their total in all of WW2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sommehttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/somme.htm Oct 30 10, 7:40 AM

loominitsa

Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916, the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. The attack was launched upon a 30 kilometre front, from north of the Somme river between Arras and Albert, and ran from 1 July until 18 November, at which point it was called off Oct 30 10, 12:00 PM